Pharmacology Exam 1: Chapters 1-9 Questions and Answers |100% Pass

Pharmacology Exam 1: Chapters 1-9 Questions and Answers |100% Pass The Nursing Process - Answer-a research -supported organizational framework for professional nursing practice 5 Steps of nursing process - Answer-Assessment Diagnosis Planning Implementation Evaluation The nurse answers a patient's call light and finds the patient sitting up in bed and requesting pain medication. What will the nurse do first? - Answer-ACCESS the pt's pain and pain level. (Assessment is ALWAYS 1st) The "Rights" of Medication Administration - Answer-Right drug, right dose, right patient, right route, right time, right reason, right documentation A nurse makes an error when administering medications to a patient. Which action by the nurse requires the supervising nurse to intervene? - Answer-The nurse records completion of an INCIDENT REPORT in the medical record. EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024 Page 2/7 Drug definition - Answer-any chemical substance that is capable of affecting a physiologic process through a mechanical process Chemical name Generic name Trade name - Answer-describes drug's chemical composition & molecular structure name given by the U.S Adopted Names Council registered trademark (company drug name) Prototypical drugs - Answer-first drug in a class of drugs Pharmaceutics - Answer-HOW we get the drug into our body liquid, capsule, powder, IV, etc. Pharmacokinetics - Answer-WHAT the body does to the drug Pharmacodynamics - Answer-WHAT the drug does to the body Bioavailability - Answer-how much of the drug gets into the bloodstream First pass effect - Answer-can be good or bad large first pass= liver will metabolize it to nothing and smaller amount will be bioavailable Transdermal drug Topical drug - Answer--will leach out over time after applied, will get into bloodstream and go EVERYWHERE EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024 Page 3/7 -apply right where it hurts, reacts LOCALLY half-life - Answer-time required for half of a given drug to be removed from the body ex) 100mg -> 50mg -> 25mg The nurse is giving a medication that has a high first-pass effect. The health care provider has changed the route from PO to IV. What can the nurse expect with the IV dose? - Answer-The IV dose will be lower because of the first-pass effect. Route that gives slowest pain relief? - Answer-PO When teaching a pregnant woman about the use of drugs during pregnancy, which statement will the nurse include? - Answer-Drug transfer to a fetus is most likely to occur during the last trimester of pregnancy. What racial group is predicted to be nearly one in three U.S. residents in 2050? - Answer-Hispanic Ethnopharmacology - Answer-Body of knowledge for understanding the specific impact of cultural factors on patient drug response race, ethnicity, and culture Pharmacogenomics - Answer-study of how genetic traits affect drug response Which of the following statements regarding African Americans' responses to anti hypertensive medication therapy is true? - Answer-African Americans